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WANDERBACH page 181

Waja nods. ‘There is no hunting here. We don’t
eat meat and we hardly use animal products why they sometimes come into the
village. We don’t feed them but it happens that they find food themselves. The
last days they avoid the village because of you and the dog. They don’t trust. The scent
of a man is unknown and the dog ..., well, you can’t blame them,’ she laughs. ‘They
probably will stay away as long as you are here.’

- ‘How long I still have to stay, you think?’

- ‘Why, do you want to leave me?’

- ‘That’s not why…’

- ‘You want to go to the Gods.’ Waja looks
restrained to the side. ‘We know of your quest, but it is wasted trouble. You
have nothing to fear from us. We avoid aggression, except when we are
threatened ourselves, what you already know from Shaah because the legend is
true. We defended ourselves because they came to steal the land. They almost
had conquered whole of Underearth and thought to be mightier then the Gods. They
knew what they did when they crossed the sea why we couldn’t do anything else
but defeat and drive them back. It was the only time we used aggression what we
still see as a disgrace. Someone who comes without bad intensions like you has
nothing to fear. That’s why we saved your life and took care of you, what
doesn’t mean that we will encourage you to visit the Gods.’ She laughs. ‘I
rather want you to stay, for ever,’ she softly says.

Tork is surprised. ‘What do you mean?’

- ‘It is not forbidden for us to live together
with a man. There are none on this continent and that’s why it doesn’t happen. We
are servants of the Gods; not Priestesses or Virgins like some believe. We help
the Gods and protect them as a last defense. We don’t have sexual contact with
them, in that we are totally self supporting.’